A 1960 graduate of Oberlin High School, she received a bachelor's degree from Central State University in 1964 and a master's degree from OSU in 1967.

Mrs. McCoy was a reading specialist at Shugart Middle School in Temple Hills, MD.

She was a member of Mt Zion Baptist Church and of Delta Sorority.

Survivors include her husband, Richard H.; a son, Galen Boyd, at home; stepsons, McIvin, Avery, Jelani, and Jabari McCoy, all of Wilmington, DE.; a grandson; her mother, Eva Mae Rimbert of Oberlin; a sister, Jacqueline Brooks, of Oberlin; and five brothers, Ron J. Rimbert, of Oberlin, Terrence Rimbert of Elyria, Eddie M. Rimbert of Montomery, AL, Ray W. Rimbert of Oakland CA, and Larry J. Rimbert of Columbus, IN. She was preceded in death by her father, Eddie Rimbert, in 1992. Services were Monday morning in the Cowling Funeral Home, with the Rev. Fred L. Steen, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Westwood Cemetery.